stꜣ

See also: štꜣ and sṯꜣ

Egyptian

Etymology

s- (causative prefix) +‎ tꜣ (“to burn, to be hot”).

Pronunciation

• (modern Egyptological) IPA^(key): /sɛtɑ/
  • Conventional anglicization: seta

Verb

 caus. 2-lit.

1. (transitive) to light (on fire), to set on fire, to ignite

Inflection

Conjugation of stꜣ (causative biliteral / caus. 2-lit. / caus. 2rad.) — base stem: stꜣ

infinitival forms			imperative
infinitive	negatival complement	complementary infinitive1	singular	plural
stꜣt, stꜣ	stꜣw, stꜣ	stꜣt	stꜣ	stꜣ

‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem	periphrastic imperfective2		periphrastic prospective2
stꜣ	ḥr stꜣ	m stꜣ	r stꜣ

suffix conjugation
aspect / mood	active	passive	contingent
			aspect / mood	active	passive
perfect	stꜣ.n	stꜣw, stꜣ	consecutive	stꜣ.jn	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative	stꜣt
perfective3	stꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	obligative1	stꜣ.ḫr	active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective	stꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3	stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy	stꜣw, stꜣ, stꜣy	potentialis1	stꜣ.kꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2
		active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive	stꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2

verbal adjectives
aspect / mood	relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms		participles
	active	passive	active	passive
perfect	stꜣ.n	active + .tj1, .tw2	—	—
perfective	stꜣ	active + .tj1, .tw2	stꜣ	stꜣ, stꜣw5, stꜣy5
imperfective	stꜣ, stꜣy, stꜣw5	active + .tj1, .tw2	stꜣ, stꜣj6, stꜣy6	stꜣ, stꜣw5
prospective	stꜣ, stꜣtj7	—	stꜣwtj1 4, stꜣtj4, stꜣt4
Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian. Used mostly since Middle Egyptian. Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective. Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. Only in the masculine singular. Only in the masculine. Only in the feminine.

References

• James P[eter] Allen (2010) Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs, 2nd edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 251.